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Indigenous roots in Gioconda Belli's La mujer habitada
«La mujer habitada» de Gioconda Belli: presencia literaria de raíz indígenaReading trees, bodies and doubled time in Belli's novel asks whose ancestry enters a national story when an Indigenous woman gains narrative power.
- Feminist Literary Criticism
- Postcolonial Feminism
- Women's Literature
The Curious Feminist
Cynthia Enloe turns ‘Where are the women, and who benefits when they are ignored?’ into a method for tracing global power through sneaker factories, militaries, nationalist war, and postwar institutions.
- Feminist Security Studies
- Imperialism Critique
- Militarism
Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India
Chattopadhyay and Duflo study reserved council leadership in India, connecting women’s representation to local priorities for water and roads.
- Political Participation
- Gender Politics
- Policy Research
The Revolution Question: Feminisms in El Salvador, Chile, and Cuba
A comparative study asking what women contribute to revolutions - and what revolutionary movements, victories, defeats, and transitions subsequently do to women and feminist politics.
- Latin American Feminism
- Social Movements
- Socialist Feminism
Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa
The African Union’s 2004 declaration links parity with land, peace, services and reporting; its political commitments differ from the Maputo Protocol’s legal framework.
- Human Rights
- Political Participation
- Care Economy
Ain’t I a Woman? Revisiting Intersectionality
Avtar Brah and Ann Phoenix connect abolitionist history, autobiography and class research to explain intersectionality beyond an addition of identities.
- Intersectional Feminism
- Race and Gender
- Research Methods
How Sex Changed
A social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the United States, tracing how trans people and institutions reshaped ideas of sex, gender, and care.
- Trans Studies
- Historical Context
- Trans Health
Iron Jawed Angels
Katja von Garnier made this Golden Globe winner, about the women who risked their lives for the suffrage movement. It stars Hilary Swank, Anjelica Huston, and Vera Farmiga.
- First Wave Feminism
- Political Participation
- Women's Rights
Caliban and the Witch
A groundbreaking feminist re-examination of capitalist primitive accumulation that reveals how violent control over women's bodies became foundational to capitalist development.
- Marxist Feminism
- Capitalism Critique
- Historical Context
Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy
This anthology reframes globalization through women's migration, domestic work, sex work, and care deficits, showing how household convenience in wealthy countries depends on emotional and bodily labor from the Global South.
- Migration
- Care Economy
- Domestic Labor
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
A collection of essays, speeches, and reviews spanning 20 years by Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker, focusing on the intersection of personal and political, from civil rights movement to anti-nuclear sentiment, from literary criticism to personal reflections of Black women, mothers, and feminists. Called ‘womanist prose’ by the author, it provides profound perspectives for understanding late 20th-century feminism.
- Black Feminism
- Feminist Literary Criticism
- Race and Gender
TechnoFeminism
Judy Wajcman connects factories, homes, cyberspace and design to ask who defines technological problems, holds expertise and carries the labor.
- Digital Feminism
- Feminist Theory
- Technology Critique
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Deeply analyzes how patriarchy harms men, explores how men can participate in feminist movements, and advocates for building new masculinity based on love and equality.
- Patriarchy Critique
- Men's Rights Movement Critique
- Ethics of Care
The Continuum of Violence: A Gender Perspective on War and Peace
Cockburn places domestic, street, nationalist, military, and postwar gendered violence on a single continuum, challenging the false separation of war/peace and public/private harm.
- Feminist Security Studies
- War and Peace
- Militarism
Nego-Feminism: Theorizing, Practicing, and Pruning Africa’s Way
Obioma Nnaemeka’s 2004 essay links nego-feminism to who makes theory, controls research, and defines culture. Its examples show negotiation as situated practice - not a universal rule for African women.
- African Feminism
- Feminist Theory
- Decolonial Feminism
Moolaadé
Four girls seek Collé's sanctuary, turning a courtyard into a struggle over bodily autonomy, collective protection and the authority to contest tradition.
- African Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Bodily Autonomy
Women in Brazilian Science
As mulheres na ciência brasileira: crescimento, contrastes e um perfil de sucessoJacqueline Leta compares participation, research support and academic authority in Brazil, distinguishing growing numbers from equal career recognition.
- Science Studies
- Latin American Feminism
- Academic Patriarchy Critique
Women in Movement
Mulheres em movimentoSueli Carneiro reconstructs Black women’s organizing within Brazilian feminism through work, reproductive health and the struggle to reshape a shared agenda.
- Black Feminism
- Social Movements
- Reproductive Justice
The Treasure of the City of Ladies
Le trésor de la cité des dames de degré en degré et de tous estatzChristine de Pizan’s 1405 French work addresses women across social ranks, linking learning and counsel to household and political power while preserving medieval hierarchies.
- Women's History
- Women's Literature
- Women's Writing
The Memoirs of Louise Michel
Mémoires de Louise Michel, écrits par elle-mêmeThe Memoirs of Louise Michel is the autobiography of the famous 19th-century anarchist, feminist, and Paris Commune fighter Louise Michel. It chronicles her combat experiences during the Paris Commune, her subsequent exile, and her unwavering belief in social justice, women's liberation, and anarchist ideals.
- Anarchist Feminism
- Political Participation
- Social Justice
Transnational Migration: Bringing Gender In
Pessar and Mahler move migration studies away from neutral accounts of households or labor flows toward a gendered analysis of power, asking how transnational spaces shape resources, obligations, belonging, and agency.
- Migration
- Transnational Feminism
- Gender Politics
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis’s classic short book denaturalizes prisons as historical institutions and asks readers to imagine justice and safety beyond incarceration.
- Prison Abolition
- Carceral Feminism
- Black Feminism
Maputo Protocol: Women’s Rights in Africa
The Maputo Protocol links reproductive autonomy, land, domestic work and public budgets, while leaving implementation open to scrutiny.
- African Feminism
- Women's Rights
- Legal Equality
Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader
This interdisciplinary reader pairs bilingual essays, art, testimony, and responses to explore Chicana feminist debates on history, borders, sexuality, class, and representation.
- Chicana Feminism
- Latina Feminism
- Race and Gender